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Overview

This USB-C™ to VGA adapter cable offers a convenient solution for directly connecting your DisplayPort over USB Type-C™ device to your VGA monitor or projector. The adapter offers a connection distance of up to 2 m (6 ft.) and works with USB-C devices that support DP Alt Mode, such as the MacBook, Chromebook Pixel™ and Dell™ XPS™ models 15 and 13. It's also compatible with Thunderbolt™ 3 ports.

Clutter-free installation

At 2 m (6 ft.) in length, this adapter cable delivers a direct connection that eliminates excess adapters and cabling, ensuring a tidy, professional installation.

Crystal-clear picture quality

The adapter harnesses the video capabilities that are built into your USB Type-C connector to deliver video resolutions up to 1920x1200, providing support for your high-resolution DVI monitors - great for multitasking on high-resolution DVI displays. The adapter is backward compatible with 1080p displays, which makes it a great accessory for home, office or other HD work environments.

The CDP2VGAMM2MB is backed by a 2-year StarTech.com warranty and free lifetime technical support.

Note: Your USB-C equipped device must support video to work with this adapter.

Applications

Connect a USB Type-C computer to a VGA projector or display in your classroom, auditorium or boardroom

Install at your home workstation or office hot desk to make your USB-C computer compatible with your VGA display

Not all USB-C ports or devices are capable of supporting all of the features listed above, or all of the features at the maximum capabilities. If you require a specific USB-C feature, your USB host connection, cables, and device must all support the feature that you require. For more information about whether your components support specific USB-C features, refer to the information provided by the manufacturers.

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Installation

This device is plug and play. It does not use any drivers, and does not require any setup tasks other than plugging in the source (for example, a computer) and the destination (for example, a monitor).

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Troubleshooting

When you troubleshoot issues with a video adapter, there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:

Video cables

Video adapter

Video source (such as a DVD player or computer)

Video destination (such as a monitor or projector)

To test your setup components, try the following:

Use the cable, video adapter, video source, and video destination in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.

Use a different cable, video adapter, video source, and video destination in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.

When you test your cables, it is recommended that you do the following:

Test each cable individually.

Use short cables when you are testing.

When you test the video source and video destination, it is recommended that you do the following:

Remove the video adapter from your setup and test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together without the video adapter.

Test to make sure that the video source and video destination work together at the resolution that you want to use.

Note: In order for your setup to work properly, the video source, adapter, and destination all need to support the resolution that you are using.